Sampling distribution of is the
A) probability distribution of the sample mean.
B) probability distribution of the sample proportion.
C) mean of the sample.
D) mean of the population.

Question

Sampling distribution of  is the
A) probability distribution of the sample mean. 
B) probability distribution of the sample proportion. 
C) mean of the sample. 
D) mean of the population.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A sampling distribution is the probability distribution of the sample statistic calculated from all possible samples of a certain size from the same population. In this case, 11eb12ba_eabe_0240_94c2_37c3d88a632d_TB6982_11 is most likely the sample mean, so the sampling distribution of this value would be the probability distribution of the sample mean.

Sampling Distribution of Is the